Chlorogenic acid is a kind of phytochemical,belonging to hydroxycinnamic acid.This phytochemical is widely found in blueberries,coffee,strawberries,sunflowers,pineapples and other fruits.Chlorogenic acid in green coffee is believed to play a vital intermediary role in plant metabolism.In addition,this phytochemical also has a wide range of antimicrobial properties.Chlorogenic acid is a natural antioxidant and has potential application prospects in anti-aging compositions and compositions that provide active protection from oxidation and free radical damage.
Chlorogenic acid has a wide range of biological activities, and modern scientific research on the biological activity of chlorogenic acid has gone deep into many fields such as food, health care, medicine and daily chemical industry. Chlorogenic acid is an important biologically active substance, which has the functions of antibacterial, antiviral, increasing white blood cells, protecting liver and gallbladder, antitumor, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipid, scavenging free radicals and exciting the central nervous system.
| Test Item | Specification | Test Result | Test Methods |
| Appearance | Yellow Brown Powder | Conforms | Visual |
| chlorogenic acids | ≥50% | 51.09 | HPLC |
| caffeine | ≤5% | 4.46 | HPLC |
| Loss On Drying | ≤5% | 3.57 | 5g/105℃/2hrs |
| Sulphated Ash | ≤5% | Conforms | 2g/800℃/4hrs |
| Particle size | ≥95% pass 80 mesh | 100 | Screen |
| Ethanol Residues | ≤5000ppm | 2165.9 | Gas Chromatography |
| N-hexane residual | ≤290ppm | ＜12.3 | Gas Chromatography |
| methylene chloride residual | ≤600ppm | ＜12.6 | Gas Chromatography |
| Heavy Metals | ≤10mg/kg | Conforms | Atomic Absorption |
| Lead | ≤1mg/kg | Conforms | Atomic Absorption |
| Arsenic | ≤1mg/kg | Conforms | Atomic Absorption |
| Mercury | ≤0.1mg/kg | Conforms | Atomic Absorption |
| Cadmium | ≤1mg/kg | Conforms | Atomic Absorption |
| Total Plate Count | ≤1000cfu/g | Conforms | AOAC |
| Total Yeast&Mold | ≤100cfu/g | Conforms | AOAC |
| Coli Group | ≤3MPN/g | Conforms | AOAC |
| Salmonella | Negative | Conforms | AOAC |
| Staphylococcus | Negative | Conforms | AOAC |